Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:topics/chemotherapytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/05/Venezuela_tenterhooks_Chavez_health_worsens_36c0

Venezuela plunged deeper into an uncertain future on Tuesday as cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez took a turn for the worse, hit by a severe infection and breathing problems.

2013-03-05T15:35:41ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Thomettag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/05/Venezuelas_Chavez_suffers_severe_infection_3e06

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a severe infection and his breathing has worsened during chemotherapy, putting him in a "very delicate" state, the government said.

2013-03-05T11:03:55ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Thomettag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/05/Venezuelas_Chavez_very_delicate_state_996e

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a severe infection and his breathing has worsened during chemotherapy, putting him in a "very delicate" state, the government said.

2013-03-05T09:27:04ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Thomettag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/05/Venezuelas_Chavez_suffering_severe_infection_b1d8

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a "new and severe" infection that has worsened his breathing as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy, the government said late Monday.

2013-03-05T05:16:34ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/04/Venezuelas_Chavez_suffering_severe_infection_b1d8

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a "new and severe" infection that has worsened his breathing as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy, the government said late Monday.

2013-03-05T04:05:58ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/03/Opposition_march_demands_truth_about_d6b7

Hundreds of opposition protesters marched in Caracas on Sunday, chanting "we want the truth" as they demanded that the government reveal more about the health of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez.

2013-03-03T22:09:30ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/02/Chavez_working_amid_chemotherapy_42f7

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still in charge and mulling political, social and economic policies even as he receives a new round of chemotherapy, his vice president said Saturday.

2013-03-03T00:45:09ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/02/Chavez_receive_chemo_peace_foreign_3e54

Venezuela's foreign minister demanded Saturday that President Hugo Chavez be allowed to recover in peace after the government revealed for the first time that the cancer-stricken leader was in chemotherapy.

2013-03-02T18:58:41ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/02/Chavez_chemotherapy_good_spirits_bf91

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in "good spirits" as he undergoes chemotherapy in a Caracas military hospital, the vice president said, revealing new details about the leftist leader's treatment.

2013-03-02T07:08:30ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Thomettag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/11/doctors_defeat_leukemia_with_modified_8184

US doctors say they have saved a seven-year-old girl who was close to dying from leukemia by pioneering the use of an unlikely ally: a modified form of the HIV virus.

2012-12-11T20:30:49ZAFP Global Editionby Sebastian Smithtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/07/Ruling_prevent_boys_radiotherapy_4fb8

A High Court judge will on Saturday decide whether a mother can prevent her seven-year-old son from having radiotherapy for a cancerous brain tumour because she fears the treatment could leave him disabled.

2012-12-08T03:06:44ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/07/Mother_bids_prevent_treatment_with_27cb

The mother of a boy with a cancerous brain tumour who disappeared with him earlier this week was told her son could die if he did not have radiotherapy as she fought to stop him receiving the treatment in a London court on Friday.

2012-12-07T17:08:09ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/05/Pfizer_says_appeal_over_India_56a6

US drug giant Pfizer said Friday it will appeal against an Indian ruling overturning a patent for a cancer drug, saying the decision raises questions about intellectual property protection in India.

2012-10-05T15:49:48ZAFP Global Editionby Penny MacRaetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/05/Pfizer_appeal_over_India_drug_6a53

US drug giant Pfizer said Friday it will appeal against an Indian ruling overturning a patent for a cancer drug, saying the decision sparks questions about intellectual property protection in India.

2012-10-05T10:49:45ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/18/Merck_KGaA_suffers_setback_cancer_9da3

German pharmaceuticals maker Merck KGaA said Tuesday it is withdrawing its application for its drug Erbitux to be used to treat patients with lung cancer.

2012-09-18T16:03:27ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/08/05/Chemotherapy_backfire_boost_cancer_growth_faab

Cancer-busting chemotherapy can cause damage to healthy cells which triggers them to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment, a study said Sunday.

2012-08-05T16:45:16ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/07/26/Cure_research_suggests_paths_control_5580

Three studies presented Thursday at a major world conference on AIDS show new ways that scientists are striving toward a cure for the three-decade-old disease.

2012-07-26T20:47:54ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/07/25/Cancer_drug_flushes_lurking_AIDS_045f

Scientists in the United States said Wednesday they had used a cancer drug to flush out the AIDS virus lurking dormant in trial patients' white blood cells -- a tentative step towards a cure.

2012-07-25T17:20:27ZAFP Global Editionby Mariette le Rouxtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/07/08/Cricketer_Yuvraj_says_cancer_given_550a

Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh believes that his battle with cancer has made him more disciplined but he confessed that he has suffered memory problems after undergoing chemotherapy.

2012-07-08T09:01:38ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/07/05/Merck_KGaA_suffers_setback_cancer_93f1

German pharmaceuticals maker Merck KGaA said Thursday that phase III clinical trials of its gastric cancer drug Erbitux had shown no benefits for patients.

2012-07-05T10:28:34ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reporter